{"product_id":"the-rhetoric-of-berkeleys-philosophy-hardback-9780521374132","title":"The Rhetoric of Berkeley's Philosophy (Hardback) 9780521374132","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Rhetoric of Berkeley's Philosophy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1990 book offers rhetorical and literary analyses of four of George Berkeley's (1685–1753) major philosophical texts.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePeter Walmsley (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521374132, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 31 August 1990\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e222 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.5 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Walmsley provides a very thorough account, showing how Berkeley's studied choice of language aids him in manipulating the reader.  One comes away from this book filled with admiration both for Walmsley as an analyst and for Berkeley as a stylist.\"   Margaret Atherton, Eighteenth-Century Studies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe works of George Berkeley (1685–1753) have been the object of much philosophical analysis; but philosophers are writers as well as thinkers, and Berkeley was himself positively interested in the functions of language and style. He recognized that words are used not just to convey ideas, but to stir the emotions and influence the behaviour of the hearer or reader. The Rhetoric of Berkeley's Philosophy, first published in 1990, offers rhetorical and literary analyses of his four major philosophical texts, A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge, Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous, Alciphron and Siris. The Berkeley that emerges from this study is an accomplished stylist, one who builds structures of affective imagery, who creates dramatic voices in his texts, and who masters the range of philosophical genres - the treatise, the dialogue and the essay. Above all, Berkeley's awareness of the rhetorical functions of language is everywhere evident in his own style. His texts persuade as well as prove, enacting a process of inquiry so that the reader may, in the end, grasp Berkeley's truths as his own.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Note to the reader\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Principles of Human Knowledge: 1. Ideas and the ends of language\u003cbr\u003e 2. Locke, roles, and passion\u003cbr\u003e 3. The ends of morality and religion\u003cbr\u003e 4. Metaphor and the evidence of things not seen\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous: 5. The opportunities of dialogue\u003cbr\u003e 6. The character of the elenchus\u003cbr\u003e 7. Comic characters\u003cbr\u003e 8. Comic form\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Alciphron: 9. Argument into satire\u003cbr\u003e 10. Conversations with ingenious men\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Siris: 11. The rude essay\u003cbr\u003e 12. The method of inductive analogy\u003cbr\u003e 13. The hoary maxims of the ancients\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Select bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: fiction, novelists \u0026amp; prose writers [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: fiction, novelists \u0026amp; prose writers\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20fiction,%20novelists%20\u0026amp;%20prose%20writers%20%5BDSK%5D%22\"\u003eDSK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007152607512,"sku":"9780521374132","price":89.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521374132i_987278ad-bd72-4f77-9faf-2b8dbc8b818d.jpg?v=1691375999","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-rhetoric-of-berkeleys-philosophy-hardback-9780521374132","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}